Wrench



oct. 1923. `1,471,200

L. D. PHILLIPS' WRENCH Filed oct. 11. 1920 -zgf. d.

LEQNARD n. marinare, 'cannella romnwsoonsm;

WRENCH.

appiicaneafaied october 4, i920.` serial ita-414,503.

To aU lwhom t may concern ,y

Be it known'that I, Leontien D. PniLLirs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Eagle Point, in the countyojlj Chip'pewa'and VStateoii VVisconslmphave invented'certain -Y new rand useful lmprovements in l/renches;

fand l do hereby declare the following togbe y a 'u'll, clear, and exact description'otthe inventiom such as willenable otl'iers 'skilled and use the same.

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The deviceeonsists essentially of' a nutl seat Vor Msocket. 10, Y of cross sectionally angu-l flar .or irregular formadapted in `size andV t shape to receive landengage anv axle nut such as that indicated'at 11, from which in the art to which it appertai-nsl to"` `maire The object of the inention isl to` provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient 'device' by "which the removal and replacement 'oi'theg 'vehicle Vwheels may be facilitated, and morev especiallywherebyfthe axley nuts of such;

wheels maybe disengaged from the axle Vspindles and held during theremoval oi Ya wheelfor .the purpose of Vapplying grease to the axle orI making any like arrangement and then returning the nut to itsfplace'in engagement Vwith the spindle withoutneoessitating the manual handling or touching oli j the nut; and with these objects inV view the invention consists yin a constructiony and;

Vsocket extend radially `the arms 12 of yield ing or spring construction and material,

having terminal fingers 13 ofwhich the cX-y tremities are provided with spoke engaging claws or hooks 14. Y'

llnapplying the wrench to `a-'wheel'such that indicated at15*,injthedrawings,V they socket should be ntted upon the axle ynut' and thenjthe arms should be' sprungorpressed the drawing wherei .in kopposition to the spring resistance'there-v ofuntilthe claws,y or hooks 14 atv the estremities Iof the .lingers ,13 can be engaged `with opposite spokes ,of the wheel,whereup- `lo n byturning the wheel iny theproper` direction the wrench being carried therewith willunscrew vthenut and permit ofi the re- ,m'oval ofv the wheel from the spindle,A AtheV nut beingheldby the socket andlthus pre,- Q ventedl from dropping'orf being exposed `to dust or grit Ysuch ras 'would'beinvolvedjin f col the: ordinary practice in temporarily plac- Y* ing the nut'on the `ground or on a support such asia convenient part of the-vehicle pending the necessity of replacing the same upon the axle spindle. lVhen theaXle Yspindle onythe wheel rmay again'beitted upon the spindle ,and the actj of so positioning the 'wheel-.likewise positions the nut whichin has been greased or cleaned, or other 'nec- -yressary operation has been performed there-` 70- y the meantime has been held by the wrench,

so Ythaty the turningmovement of the Wheel in the opposite direction*y will again screw the nutKVK upon thelthreaded portion `of th spindle and lockthe'wheel inrplace. j y j Thu'sxthe wheel'may beremoved and replaced without necessitatingthe personal or manual handling of the nut Aand the soiling' :of the n'gers incident thereto, and as aboye `indicated kthe nut is held in proper position for replacement and is protected against accumulations of dust` or other foreign mat ter; the-resilience of thearms V12 serving to lirmlybold the wrench in Vits proper relation tothe wheel ,during this operation,

Obviously-the terminal elaws or hooksY on( the lingers at the ends of the radial armsl may readily be disengaged from the ,spokes ofthe wheels'bya rearward pressure upon said arms after the part-shave beenreturned f to their normal or.operative-position;k l/Vhat is claimed 1s -i A Vone-piecegwrenchy having alined arms,

a Vnut-receiving socket member connecting and being inwardly offset relatively kto theV ,A e arms, fingers 'ext-ending inwardly substan-'k tiallyl at a right angle'from the arms and terminating beyond ,the` socket member `inv hooks adapted'for "clasping engagementr1 Y- AVwith wheelspokes', saidbnoks'having their Q n -V fk 1,471,200

llongitudinal median Yline at a fight angle to the fingers Yso that the hooks Willengage thespokes'Y at the front and rear thereof:` to

In testimony whereof zifz; my signature 1n the presence of'two witnesses.

resist displacing movement of thev socket LEONARD D' HILLIPS' Y 5 member @from .yarn vengaged nu@ and Y said l@Vin-losses: n

'n hooks 'being open atithe serbe' .slide off the Y 1 KATIE kHAY-ins,

j lwlench. s i Y f HENRY LEBEIS, JR. 

